Advertisement for Chivers’
jam and jellies c.1907 [X704/198]
Monday
25th March 1918: The Local Food Office in Linslade, which
also covers the Eaton Bray and Wing areas, has received details of a scheme
under which sugar for jam will be distributed to fruit growers. Applications
for sugar must be made by the growers themselves, and two separate permits will
be issued: one for soft fruit available between the 8th June and 31st July, and
the other for hard fruit available between 1st August and 30th September.
Rhubarb will be included among soft fruits, and vegetable marrows with the hard
fruits. The total amount of sugar for making jam for home consumption will not
exceed ten pounds for each member of the household. Anyone expecting to have
quantities of fruit which would enable them to use more sugar than this will be
expected to place jam at the disposal of the Local Food Committee at wholesale
prices.
Source:
Leighton Buzzard Observer, 26th March 1918
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